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Tale of a fossil, catastrophic conflict by Artbyjrc. This piece depicts a pair of Smilodon populator in a fight that is based off of two skulls found in different locations in Argentina that date to the Late Pleistocene with holes in the frontal bones.
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Tale of a fossil, catastrophic conflict by Artbyjrc. This piece depicts a pair of Smilodon populator in a fight that is based off of two skulls found in different locations in Argentina that date to the Late Pleistocene with holes in the frontal bones.

“One specimen shows healing, indicating that the cat survived for a long period after the attack. These examples were proof that the canines were effectively used in fighting and could penetrate bones.” - Artbyjrc

u/Quaternary24 — 14 days ago
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24,000 years ago somewhere on the gulf coast of the USA during the Late Pleistocene, a Mixotoxodon larensis scratches itself on a Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) while a herd of Wild Horses (Equus sp.) watch. Artwork by Kris Franco.

The other species depicted:

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)

Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Dwarf Pronghorn (Capromeryx furcifer)

Attwater's Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Tale of a fossil, titan clash by Artbyjrc. Discovered by workmen in 1962 in Nebraska, both of these male Columbian Mammoths (Mammuthus columbi) were around 40 years of age and weighed just over nine tons. 12,000 years ago, they clashed and locked tusks, dying together.

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Somewhere in the far North of northern North America during the Late Pleistocene, a Miracinonyx trumani is in hot pursuit of a Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica). Artwork by Velizar Simeonovski.

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Somewhere in the Yukon (Canada) during the Late Pleistocene, an American Cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani) successfully catches a Salmon while fishing in a river. In the distance, a flock of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soar and watch. Artwork by HodariNundu.

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Megaloceros giganteus antecedens by Mauricio Anton. This subspecies of the famous Eurasian Giant Deer (often known as the Irish Elk) inhabited Central Europe during the middle Pleistocene.

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Late Pleistocene tracks or footprints from Pehuén-Có, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina that were attributed to and likely made by Arctotherium tarijense.

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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Late Pleistocene tracks and claw marks from Honseca Cave, Palencia, Spain that were attributed to and likely made by Cave Bears (Ursus spelaeus).

u/Quaternary24 — 1 month ago
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The Bermuda Hawk (Bermuteo avivorus) by Aryan Bagheri. This small bird of prey inhabited the island of Bermuda from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. It became extinct in the seventeenth century due to humans (habitat loss and invasive species).

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago
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A reconstructed skeleton of the Florida Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos floridanus) at the Florida Museum of Natural History. This species of tremarctine Bear inhabited North America from the Late Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene (12,000 years ago).

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago
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Two Striped Skunks get into a disagreement while a Red Fox watches and eats (Virginia).

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago
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Somewhere in Madagascar at around the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, an Archaeoindris fontoynontii (the largest Lemur to have ever lived) attempts to fight off a pair massive Cryptoprocta bevatabe (a recently described species of giant Fossa). Artwork by HodariNundu.

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago
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Extinct Island fauna of the Philippines part 1 by artbyjrc.

Species and subspecies list:

Cebu Tamaraw (Bubalus cebuensis)

Sierra Madre Giant Cloud Rat (Carpomys dakal)

Sierra Madre Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys ballik)

Panay Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus lucifer)

Cebu Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons cebifrons)

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago
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A New Zealand owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles novaezealandiae) eyes a Wellington tree Wētā (Hemideina crassidens) somewhere in New Zealand. Artwork by Paul Martinson.

u/Quaternary24 — 2 months ago